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Muhammad Iqbal, PhD, FNASc Professor Department of Botany JAMIA HAMDARD (Declared as Deemed-to-be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 vide Notification No. F.9-18/85-U.3 dated 10.5.1989 of the Government of India) December 24, 2010 The tradition of herbal treatment for curing the human ailments is pretty old in India. Formal accounts of medicinal plants appeared as early as during the Vedic period in the Vedico- Brahminic treatises like Atharvaveda (2000 BC), Sushruta Samhita (1300 BC) and Charaka Samhita (300 BC). Of the tradional Indian systems of medicine, the Ayurveda (science of life) and the Unani (Greeco-Arabian) systems are based largely on medicinal plants, whereas Siddha depends mainly on minerals. Over the centuries, the traditional practitioners have developed a number of herbal formulations for the treatment of various ailments with special emphasis on sexual debility, liver disorders and kidney problems. As the popular alternative medicine, these preparations now constitute an important segment of the integrated health management all over the world. The Himalayas, often called "The Roof of the World", encompass a number of biodiversity hot spots and repositories of medicinal plants. The whole Himalayan range is envisaged as a trove of medicinal herbs, offering refuge to a variety of rare plants in its varied mountain ecosystems. The research work carried out in the recent past has accumulated enough scientific information on a variety of medicinal plants inhabiting the various zones of the Himalayan range with diverse climatic conditions. Given the above, the document in hand is a commendable effort that duly elucidates the various aspects of the medicinal-plant research that have a potential promise for a safe herbal medication without the much talked about adverse after-effects. The information covered by this issue is comprehensive and most of the plants mentioned are well known for their therapeutic efficacy. Information on the traditional knowledge, describing the ethno-medicinal uses of plants is also included. I heartily appreciate Dr. Amjad Masood Husaini of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, India, for editing this useful volume that focuses on the medicinal plants of the Himalayas, and also the galaxy of distinguished scientists and researchers who have contributed for this special issue of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Science and Biotechnology, an emerging research journal of the Global Science Books (GSB), UK. This document must prove a useful guide to botanists, cultivators and collectors of medicinal plants and a pride possession of all those who are keen on the Himalayan vegetation. (Muhammad Iqbal) Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi – 110 062, INDIA Phone: +91-11-2605 9688, Extn.: 5530 (O), 5531 (R); Fax: +91-11-2605 9663 E-mail: iqbalg5@yahoo.co.in
SPECIAL ISSUE: CONTENTS Pranay Bantawa, Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Pamita Bhandari, Bikram Singh, Partha Deb Ghosh, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, Tapan Kumar Mondal (India) Micropropagation of an Elite Line of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora, Pennell, an Endangered High Valued Medicinal Plant of the Indo-China Himalayan Region Manoj Kumar Goel, Shilpa Goel, Suchitra Banerjee, Karuna Shanker, Arun Kumar Kukreja (India) Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformed Roots of Rauwolfia serpentina for Reserpine Biosynthesis Amita Misra, Ashutosh K. Shukla, Ajit K. Shasany, V. Sundaresan, Shital P. Jain, Subhash C. Singh, Guru D. Bagchi, Suman P. S. Khanuja (India) AFLP Markers for Identification of Aconitum Species Rafia Rasool, Bashir Ahmad Ganai, Azra Nahaid Kamili, Seema Akbar, Akbar Masood (India) Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Extracts from Wild and in Vitro-Raised Cultures of Prunella vulgaris L. Ripu M. Kunwar (Nepal/USA), Chundamani Burlakoti (USA), Chhote L. Chowdhary (Nepal), Rainer W. Bussmann (USA) Medicinal Plants in Farwest Nepal: Indigenous Uses and Pharmacological Validity Mukesh Joshi, Munesh Kumar (India), Rainer W. Bussmann (USA) Ethnomedicinal Uses of Plant Resources of the Haigad Watershed in Kumaun Himalaya, India Parveen Kumar Sharma, N. S. Chauhan, Brij Lal, Amjad M. Husaini (India), Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva (Japan), Punam (India) Conservation of Phyto-diversity of Parvati Valley in Northwestern Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, India Venkat Kishore Ryakala (India), Shahin Sharif Ali (Ireland/India), Hallihosur Sharanabasava, Naushaba Hasin, Pragya Sharma, Utpal Bora (India) Ethnobotany of Plants Used to Cure Diabetes by the People of North East India Ram Swaroop Verma, Rajendra Chandra Padalia, Amit Chauhan, Ajai Kumar Yadav (India) Chemical Composition of Leaf and Flower Essential Oils of Two Thymus spp. from Western Himalaya Ram Swaroop Verma, Rajendra Chandra Padalia, Amit Chauhan (India) Chemical Profiling of Mentha spicata L. var. ‘viridis’ and Mentha citrata L. Cultivars at Different Stages from the Kumaon Region of Western Himalaya Amit Chauhan, Ram Swaroop Verma (India) Cultivation Potential of Three Rose-scented Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) Cultivars in the Kumaon Region of Western Himalayas Javid Ahmad Parray, Azra N. Kamilli, Raies Qadri, Rehana Hamid (India), Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva (Japan) Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Euryale ferox Salisb., a Threatened Aquatic Plant of Kashmir Himalaya Rehana Hamid, Azra N. Kamili, Mahmood uz Zaffar (India), Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva (Japan), A. Mujib, Javid Ahmad Parray (India) Callus-Mediated Shoot Organogenesis from Shoot Tips of Cichorium intybus Rehana Hamid, Mahmood uz Zaffar (India), Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva (Japan), Azra N. Kamili, Javid Ahmad Parray (India) Impact of Chromium on the Oxidative Defense System of Brassica juncea L. cv. ‘Pusa Jai Kissan’ under Hydroponic Culture Janifer Raj, Ballabh Basanth, Pal M. Murugan (India), Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva (Japan), Kumar Saurav, Om P. Chaurasia, Shashi Bala Singh (India) Screening Phytochemical Constituents of 21 Medicinal Plants of Trans-Himalayan Region 1 8 15 20 28 43 47 64 69 73 77 80 84 87 90
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